Robert J. (Robert Joseph) Casey

Born in Beresford, South Dakota, in 1890, Robert J. Casey became a Chicago-based journalist, columnist, and author known for turning real experience into vivid, readable prose. He studied at St. Mary's College in Kansas and later built a reputation as a reporter who could be both sharp-eyed and entertaining.

Casey served in World War I as an artillery officer and was cited for bravery, experiences that shaped some of his best-known writing. He went on to work as a foreign correspondent and travel writer, covering major events and far-flung places while also writing books, columns, and nonfiction marked by wit and strong storytelling.

Alongside his journalism, he published works on war, travel, history, and biography. That mix of frontline reporting and approachable style gives his writing an immediacy that suits audio especially well: he sounds like someone who was there, noticed everything, and knew exactly how to tell the tale.